Golf bag



AUS. 30,1927.

J. E. SCHANK l GOLF BAG Original FiledOot. l?, 1922 Hal Q y @j i l wml-"N2 Patented Aug. 30, 1927.`

i clair-151Dy STATES;

JOHN EDWARD SOHANK, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNOR rro R. II. BUHRKE'CO.; or

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. Y l Y GOLF DAG.,

Original application `filed lOctober 17, 1922, Serial No. 595,944, and in Canada November, 2,1922. 1 and this application filed November 14, 1924. Serial No. 749,828.

My invention is concerned with golf bags, and more especially with a ball pocket for such bags so constructed that the balls connot accidentally work out of the pocket, and which can be quickly locked so that the balls cannot be stolen therefrom without cutting it open or defacing it in a manner that would be immediately noticed.

This application is a division of my application No. 595,044, filed October' 17, 1922.

To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto a. sheet of drawings, in which the same reference characters arey used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a golf bag having my invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the pocket on an enlarged scale:

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the locking mechanism without the bag; Y

Fig. 4 is a section on an enlarged scale, on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 ofV Fig. 4.

My invention can, of course, be applied to any sort Of a golf bag, and it will be seen from the drawings that I rivet to thebody material 11 just above the open end of the pocket 40, which otherwise may be of an ordinary construction, the spring strip 41 and the metal strip 42, preferably by a single set of rivets 43. The spring strip 41 has Y riveted in the center thereof the metal lug 44, which has a flat top, on which rests the inverted T-shaped end 45 of the locking eye 46, which may be conveniently stamped up from a piece of sheet metal. The eye is supported in place, either in the erect, full-line position shown in 5. or in the turneddown position shown in dotted lines, by the preferably rotatable eyelet 47, which is circular in its general outline, with its outer portion of a rather flattened, truncated, conical shape, while in its center is the oblong elevation 48 adapted to accommodate the T- Shaped end 45 in either position, the shank passing through the aperture 49 formed in the eye, which aperture, for convenience of construction, preferably extends clear to the 50 circumference, but with the outer port-ion 50 substantially narrowed so as to form shoulders co-operating with the shank. The central portion of the strip 42 is enlarged to vPFATEN',T i i Divided form the circular portion 51, and said por- .V

in its turned-down position, although in saidY turned-down position it does not need to be rotated. The top of the pocket 40, which is preferably reinforced by the leather binding 53, has riveted thereon the metal locking strip 54, which is provided with the slot so located and shaped that when the strip 54 is brought vtoward the strip 42,y the ring of the eye 46 will pass through said slot 55,

and when the bag is in use, it is secured simply by turning the eye 46 tothe position shown in Fig. 2, where it prevents any possible openingvof'the pocket so as to allow the balls to escape accidentally, and thus furnishes an insurance that if any balls are missing at the end of the round, the caddy is responsible for their actual removal, as they cannot escape accidentally. Vhen the round is completed, the padlock 56 has its hasp 57 slipped through the ring of theeye 46, and the bag can be sent to the shop with the certainty that none of the balls will be surreptitiously removed while in the shop, and before the next game.

While I might make the eye simply rotatable without the ability to turn it .,down, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, I prefer to so pivot it, as I have found by experience that the eye sticking yout straight is somewhat of an obstacle when'the hand is thrust down into .the pocket to reach balls in the bottom thereof, whereas it does not interfere when it is turned down.

While I have shown and described my invention as embodied in the form which I at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will be understood that it is capable of modifications, and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims except as maybe necessitated by the state ofther prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a bag, the combination with the body thereof, of a rigid strip `secured thereto, a ball pocket securedto the body and having its open end adjacent the strip, a second strip carried by the rtop of the pocket body parallel to and movable to and from the irst strip, an eye permanently attached to the first strip, a slot in the second strip, and means for securing the strips together When the eye is passed through the slot, said eye being pivoted relative to the strip so it can be turned down substantially parallel thereto.

2. In a bag, the-combination with the body thereof, of a rigid strip secured there- 1,640,809 Y v e the first trip, anv eye permanently attachedto the first strip, a slot inthe second strip, and means for securing the strips together when the eye is passed through the slot, vsaid zor eye being pivoted in a member which in turnw is rotatable in the strip.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set hand this 12th day of November, 1924i.:

JOHN EDWARD SCHANIQ 1 

